SATELLITE TELEMETRY DATA PROCESSOR,

Abstract

This report deals with the ideas behind the design and operation of the APL Satellite Telemetry Data Processor designed by SSD-1 for use as test equipment during the satellite checkout, launch and early orbit operations. The Processor takes an input of PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation), PDM (Pulse Duration Modulation), and PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) information and prepares it for print-out, further processing, or display by means of lights, automatically finding bit and frame synchronization. The unit was designed during the summer of 1962 and it has been used with four different satellites. One of these satellites is the S-66. The accuracy of the PAM print-out is usually better than one per cent when used within the telemetry system, which includes a radio link. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 03, 1963
Accession Number
AD0622494

Entities

People

  • Algimantas A. Dargis

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Equipment
  • Modulation
  • Pulse Amplitude
  • Pulse Amplitude Modulation
  • Pulse Code Modulation
  • Pulse Duration Modulation
  • Pulse Modulation
  • Radio Links
  • Telemetry
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computer Science.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites